Boston is now without Horford and Jaylen Brown The Boston Celtics announced Sunday that Al Horford will miss the team’s home game against the Indiana Pacers due to an illness. #NEBHInjuryReport: Al Horford will miss tonight’s game against Indiana due to an illness.— Boston Celtics (@celtics) March 11, 2018 The specifics of the illness were not made clear, but the Celtics will now be without two starters with Jaylen Brown’s concussion. Brad Stevens has not made any statements on the status of his starting lineup for the game, but it should make for an interesting subplot to this...

Big man carried Celtics at big moments in ‘17 playoffs and will again. RELAX! Al Horford is going to be just fine. The panic and hand-wringing that ensued over Horford’s 5-game swoon is laughable and downright absurd. Through his first 54 games, Horford was averaging 13.3 points a game, bringing down 7.7 rebounds and dishing 5.1 assists and playing at a superior level defensively. He was averaging 50.8 percent from the field and 43.6 percent from 3-point range. He was not just an All-Star. When you account for team-leading field goal percentage, he was the second-most productive...

Jeff Clark answers CelticsBlog reader questions. Celtics are up 20 points on the Bulls in the first half as I write this, so it seems like a good opportunity to multi-task and answer some mailbag questions. Enjoy. Is Al Horford a positive or negative asset on his current contract? Not saying he’s a bad player. Just curious as to how you think other teams would value him in a potential trade this summer with 2yrs and $60M left on his contract. - TWH22 Not sure why we keep doing this. Sure, Al Horford has been struggling to score lately. Slumps happen and Al has never been a guy that fills...

The Celtics have won 5 of 6, but Al Horford is going through one of his worst stretches of the season. Should we be worried? Al Horford’s value goes beyond the box score, but the Celtics are much better when he’s scoring efficiently. What is going on with his recent slump? Bill Sy: First of all, it should be noted that while Al Horford has had a statistically tough string of games since appearing in his fifth All Star Game, Boston has won 5 of 6 with all fives wins coming in blowout fashion and the only loss being that nailbiter Saturday showcase in Houston. Horford was admittedly...

Boston led wire-to-wire in the dominating victory In lieu of a normal recap of a complete and utter blowout, here is something different. Hope you enjoy! Celtics starters with Kyrie Irving out with a sore knee:Shane LarkinJaylen BrownJayson TatumAl HorfordAron Baynes— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) March 6, 2018 Al Horford with a quick, aggressive finish over Markkanen inside. Good to see him so decisive early, especially with Kyrie out.— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) March 6, 2018 Portis drives on Baynes, which is a matchup in the Bulls favor offensively, and he gets Chicago...

Celtics fans will get their chance to ask Al anything they want via Twitter by using the hashtag #AskAl and Anna will read your questions thought... BOSTON — CLNS Media’s Anna Horford will chat with her brother, Celtics All-Star Al Horford on her next episode of Horford Happy Hour on Tuesday, March 6. Celtics fans will get their chance to ask Al anything they want via Twitter by using the hashtag #AskAl and Anna will read your questions throughout the podcast. For more segments like this, Subscribe to Horford Happy Hour on iTunes or Stitcher. Follow @CLNSMedia on Twitter, tweet out...

After controlling much of the 4th quarter, We’re even. After the Celtics stole a home win against the Rockets back in December, Houston returned the favor in a Saturday night showcase. The headline of this game was the Celtics’ bench coming up big on the road. Al Horford and Kyrie Irving combined for 10-for-29 shooting and were a -22 and -17 respectively, but Boston was able to go toe-to-toe with the West’s best with the 2nd unit. Marcus Morris had 21 points (5-for-7 from behind the arc) in arguably his best game as a Celtic. Marcus Smart continued to show his importance on the...

Josue Pavon, Jimmy Toscano and Trags discuss the true value of Marcus Smart... BOSTON - Prior to Marcus Smart’s return, the Boston Celtics went from first to worst in defensive rating without him. As discussed with Sean Grande here, Smart’s value has become as valuable to the Celtics defense as Kyrie Irving and Al Horford are to the over-all team success. Smart returns to game-play, after a long period of the Celtics struggling prior to the All-Star break, and the C’s are 2-0. Coincidence? Trags, Toscano and Pavon discuss. Though this segment is recorded prior to the All Star break...

Smart returns from 11-game absence, Celtics come back from break, snap 3-game skid. A nine-day All-Star break was just what the Celtics and Marcus Smart needed to rediscover their swagger. Throw in some timely bench contributions from Daniel Theis and the Celtics had all the ingredients they needed to throttle the Pistons, 110-98, Friday night at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. After an 11-game absence, Smart returned to game action. With 5:10 left in the first quarter, Smart replaced Al Horford and entered for the first time since his self-inflicted right hand injury in Los Angeles Jan....

It turns out the Boston Celtics taught Al Horford a valuable lesson long before he signed with the organization during the summer of 2016. Horford was just a rookie in 2008 when his Atlanta Hawks lost to the Celtics in seven games in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.